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...impervious to Franco's corruption, to his refusals to put through any kind of democratic reform, to his campaign against the "freemasonry, Protestantism, and prostitution" being smuggled into Spain through Gibralter, their laissez-faire souls should rebel against his refusal to cooperate on strategic materials. Even new ambassador Stanton Griffls, who calls Franco "a perfect gentleman," should be feeling rather ashamed about his mission of "friendship" to Spain...
...mustachioed, gold-laced envoy had hurried from his former post in New Delhi: "Though I come from farthest away," he crowed, "I wanted to be first, and I made it." Hard on his heels trailed The Netherlands' Count Willem van Rechteren Limpurg. Then followed the U.S.'s Stanton Griffis, riding to his audience with Franco in the old horse-drawn coach used by Minister Washington Irving more than a century...
...names of three men have been batted around since it was learned that Mr. Jordan wasn't in the running: F. Stanton Deland, Jr. '36, manager of the football team in 1935, Endicott Peabody '42, Harvard's last All-American, and George Owen, Jr. '23, a football and hockey star who now makes sporting equipment. There are convincing arguments for and against each of these men. Deland was a great administrator and a friend of Henry W. "Esky" Clark '23, chairman of the Overseers' Visiting Committee on Athletics, a man of considerable influence. But people say he doesn't want...
...other people, was beginning to be less & less choosy about allies. Franco, after all, sits in a strategic position in the Mediterranean and in Europe, and he has 22 divisions, though his troops are poorly armed and he himself is of dubious dependability. As his ambassador, the President chose Stanton Griffis, onetime Ambassador to Poland, Egypt and more recently to Argentina...
...President Frank Stanton saw ultimate victory "in a few months," and announced the showing this week of a new CBS colorset featuring a 17-inch screen. Employing a revolving color drum, the new set frees the CBS system from the limitation of 12½-inch screens caused by the bulky color wheel (TIME...